Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape Photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik

Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape

Photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik

(Presented in conjunction with Heather McClintock:The Innocents: Casualties of the Civil War in Northern Uganda)

This is an Aperture Foundation exhibition that I came across. Having come across this series of work once before in a competition, I am very excited to see that it is now in an exhibition! I am sure it will be a fascinating experience and would be going myself if I had the chance!

All the following information is from Aperture and can be found at this address.

Opening reception: Friday, January 22, 2010, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm Exhibition on view: Saturday, January 23, 2010 –Saturday, March 13, 2010 FREE Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art 161 Calhoun Street Charleston, South Carolina (843) 953-5680 Related Programming: Artist Lecture with Jonathan Torgovnik Friday, January 22, 2010 4:00 pm–5:00 pm Panel Discussion The Politics of Presentation: Finding a venue for challenging documentary projects Saturday, January 23, 10:00 am–12:00 pm

Each panelist will give a brief overview concerning their organization's engagement with challenging work, and share a few stories about how the organization has been able to persevere in this rarefied area. Panelists: Jonathan Torgovnik, photographer; Heather McClintock, artist/photographer; Heather Dwyer, Blue Earth Alliance; Melissa Harris, editor-in-chief, Aperture magazine; Tom Rankin, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University; Mark Sloan, moderator and director and senior curator, Halsey Institute. This important exhibition and book Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape (Aperture, May 2009) brings together photographer Jonathan Torgovnik's powerful documentation of the accounts of thirty women who were subjected to massive sexual violence by members of the notorious Hutu militia groups during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Due to the stigma of rape and "having a child of the militia," the communities and few surviving relatives of these women have largely shunned them. The portraits and testimonies featured in Intended Consequences offer intensely personal descriptions of these survivors' experiences and the challenges they face today, as well as their conflicted feelings about raising a child who is a living reminder of horrors endured. The exhibition includes a multimedia installation produced by MediaStorm, which gives visitors the chance to hear heart-wrenching stories from the survivors themselves. This project is a collaboration with the Open Society Institute, Amnesty International, Foundation Rwanda, and MediaStorm. Intended Consequences is made possible, in part, by generous support from Henry Buhl; SanDisk; Artis—Contemporary Israeli Art Fund; and the Consulate General of Israel, Office of Cultural Affairs, in New York. Additional support is provided by Amnesty International and Kodak.

Michael Itkoff

Michael Itkoff is one of the founding editor's of Daylight Magazine. I came across his personal work which doesn't appear in the magazine. Instead preferring to keep the two seperate, I had a look at the work he makes for himself.

I particularly liked the series 'Between two lakes' and could relate to the idea of resonating with a place and returning to photograph it time and time again. The photos hold true of this idea and you can tell the photograph has connections to this place other than fleeting second photographs. I suspect that infact if I were to visit this place it would not hold for me the depth and connection that it has for Michael Itkoff.

Thw website holds some great photography and I would recommend anyone to give it a look.

Link to Michael Itkoff's website here.

Federico Grandicelli

I have met a fascinating photographer called Federico, who as you can imagine is Italian. He is new to NY and has started to document the city with a real eye for composition and flare. His photos have an atmosphere created by the panoramic format that he uses. His website is under construction but still has very worthy things to look at even in it's unfinished structure.

For a link to his site click here.

Jennette Williams - The Bathers

This is the 2nd time I have looked at Jennette Williams, The Bathers and I have enjoyed it this time as much as the last. It is a beautiful depiction of the female form and becomes almost painterly in its delicacies. For me I think its the fragility to which these women appear, vulnerable but yet comfortable - it feels like a safe place. The relationship in knowing that the photographer is a woman also goes along way in my opinion to understanding the connotations intentions of this work . It is a beautiful set of photographs.

Nicole Kenney

This is website of photographer (and used to be amazing illustrator) Nicole Kenney.

Her website Diary 29 is a record of everyday for the last year of her 20's. It is such an interesting insight and has filled many minutes of my days catching up. It is very addictive so be warned -it will be something you'll grow not to live without.

Link to Diary 29 here.

Another project that Nicole is working on with fellow photographer Ks Rives is Before I Die I Want To, which is another completely intriguing compilation of work. It is based around Polaroids of people from all over the world, from places like hospices to friends and family, who have their Polaroid taken while

discussing the things they want to do before they die, and then writing it on the Polaroid afterwards.

There is something so tangible about the method and the personality that resonates from each person revealing their deepest desires. It is a reminder to the everyday that life is short but it is to be positively embraced.

I'd say if you get a minute, give this a good look- (and while your there check out some of Nicole's older illustrations...very good!)

Link to all Nicole's work here

Daylight Magazine Issue 8

Daylight Magazine is releasing the long awaited 8th issue based on Afghanistan. After having a sneek preview of the magazine, I have to say, it is outstanding. As much as I have enjoyed the previous issues, this one has a connection in all the imagery and the text that is moving while also remaining informative. I look forward to having a copy of my own! I recommend going out and getting a copy of your own - I believe it hits the shelves in early February so watch this space!

Click here for a link to the Daylight website.

Richard Misrach Gallery Opening at Pace Wildenstein 14th Jan 10

I went down to the Richard Misrach opening at the Pace Wildenstein Gallery a few Thursday's ago and was very impressed with the show. The work is all displayed at a mass scale which only helps the feeling of being enveloped into these mammoth landscapes. The inversion of all the pieces never allows for presumptions of landscapes you may have seen before - these photos will make you look at familiar and unfamilar scenes in a new sense of detail and presicion. I found myself having to stare at some pieces for a few moments before being certain that I knew what I was looking at. Overall I came away feeling like I had just been a part of some ethereal destination. I would recommend people to go and take a look, and have a little bit of time to be able to fully take in the life size portals.

For more information on the exhibition click here.

Palm Springs Photo Festival 2010 March 28th - April 2nd

I'm very excited about the looks of the Palm Springs Photo festival 2010. It looks like its bound to be a worthwhile event to go to with one of the highlight being a 4 day workshop given by Joel Meyerowitz.

THE JOEL MEYEROWITZ MASTER CLASS: The Search For Identity. The Joel Meyerowitz workshop will be divided into the two ways of seeing that are at the heart of most photographic activity; walking the streets anywhere in the world and being out in nature. You will spend four days shooting with Joel on the local streets and out in nearby wilderness. You will have an opportunity to better understand how instinct, on the street, plays a role in defining who you are, as a person and as an artist; the same is true of the way we experience ourselves in nature and why we feel compelled to make photographs about its mystery and magnitude. This is a FULL FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP. Click Here for Full Details.

Monday, March 29 – Thursday, April 1. 9:00am – 4:00pm
Price: $1000

For more information about the festival click here.

Picture Black Friday

The winners for the Inaugural Picture Black Friday competition have been announced and there are some very worthy winners. Congratulations to Sandy Carson who took Best of Show and Alex Boerner who was runner up.

The competition was judged by professionals such as Amy Stein, Jake Stangel, Steven Frailey, Brian Ulrich, Jon Feinstein, Joerg Colberg and John Saponara.

To see the winners images and the finalists click here.

To see Sandy Carson's website click here.

For Alex Boerner's website click here.

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